The Civil Condition in World Politics : : Beyond Tragedy and Utopianism / / ed. by Vassilios Paipais.
Bringing together an international team of contributors, this volume draws on international political theory and intellectual history to rethink the problem of a pluralistic world order. Inspired by the work of international political theorist Nicholas Rengger, the book focuses on three main areas o...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Bristol Studies in International Theory
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Other title: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rengger’s Anti-Pelagianism: International Political Theory as Civil Conversation -- Anti-Pelagianism and the Civil Condition in World Politics -- Revisiting Rengger’s Anti-Pelagianism -- Poetics and Politics: Rengger, Weber, and the Virtuosi of Religion -- ‘Keep Your Mind in Hell, and Despair Not’: Gillian Rose’s Anti-Pelagianism -- Challenging the Anti-Pelagian Imagination -- ‘A Dangerous Place to Be’? Rengger, the English School, and International Disorder -- Rengger’s War on Teleocracy -- Conservatism, Civility, and the Challenges of International Political Theory -- The Uncivil Condition in World Politics -- Rengger the Reluctant Rule Follower -- Rengger and the ‘Business of War’ -- Just War as Tradition in a Civil International Order -- Afterword -- Rengger, History, and the Future of International Relations -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Bringing together an international team of contributors, this volume draws on international political theory and intellectual history to rethink the problem of a pluralistic world order. Inspired by the work of international political theorist Nicholas Rengger, the book focuses on three main areas of Rengger’s contribution to the political theory of international relations: his Augustine-inspired idea of an ‘Anti-Pelagian Imagination’; his Oakeshottian argument for a pluralist ‘conversation of mankind’; and his ruminations on war as the uncivil condition in world politics. Through a critical engagement with his work, the book illuminates the promises and limitations of civility as a sceptical, non-utopian, anti-perfectionist approach to theorizing world order that transcends both realist pessimism and liberal utopianism. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781529224207 9783111196770 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Vassilios Paipais. |